Table of Contents

PART ONE: CONCEPTS OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING Cancer Pathophysiology Cancer Treatment Cellular Regulation Fluid and Electrolyte Balance Infection Inflammation Pain Palliation and End-of-Life Care Perioperative Care Planning for Discharge

PART TWO: DISEASES AND DISORDERS Alphabetical entries for more than 250 common medical-surgical conditions

APPENDIXES 1.�Guide to Head-To-Toe Physical Assessment of Adults 2.�Interventions for Common Environmental Emergencies 3.�Chemical and Biological Agents of Terrorism 4.�Terminology Associated with Fluid and Electrolyte Balance 5.�Electrocardiographic Complexes, Segments, and Intervals 6.�The Patient Requiring Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation 7.�The Patient Requiring Chest Tubes 8.�Communication Quick Reference for Spanish-Speaking Patients

About the Author

Donna Ignatavicius is nationally recognized as an expert in nursing education and medical-surgical/gerontological nursing and has a wealth of experiences as a nurse educator, clinical nurse specialist, and administrator for over 40 years. Currently, she provides curriculum consultation and presentations for nursing faculty on topics such as concept-based curriculum, assessment of learning methods, and active learning strategies through her consulting company, DI Associates, Inc. Additionally, she is the primary author of numerous articles and books, including Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care, 11th ed. (2024) and her new student workbooks, Developing Clinical Judgment for Professional Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN(R) Examination and Developing Clinical Judgment for Practical/Vocational Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN(R) Examination. In 2007 she was inducted as a fellow into the prestigious Academy of Nursing Education (ANEF) for her national contribution to the field of nursing education. In 2016 she obtained her Certified Nurse Educator(R) (CNE) credential; in 2020 she obtained her Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNEcl) credential.